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For this event blog, I had the pleasure and honor of learning from Claudia Schnugg regarding the topic of Experiencing Realities: From Fine-grained Data to Cosmic Events . This was such an interesting event! Claudia Schnugg presented various bodies of work that shared an interest in overlapping space and art with other topics–such as mathematics and data or the five senses. I really enjoyed the variation of mediums; there were differing modes of art structures, such as monoliths, motorized pieces, 5D pieces, that aimed to embody unique facets and representations of space. registration screenshot. Jun 3 2023 I really enjoyed hearing from Claudia Schnugg regarding these pieces. I had never heard of them, and I had never known about the inspiration that space evokes for many artists. In fact, space has always been a consistent cause for curiosity; many individuals in history–the most notable being Leonardo Da Vinci and Galileo–have considered space a muse (Davis 1970). As somebody that ha

     I have always been afraid of space. Growing up, my family would often drive from the Bay to LA, and we would always drive at night to avoid traffic. However, those long night drives down the I-5 coupled with the little to no light pollution and endless fields would send my anxiety through the roof. It would feel as though we were just driving straight into darkness, straight into space. I would press my cheek against the coldness of the car window and look up, only to see a sea of darkness with eerily glowing specks of light. For the longest time, I struggled to watch films of anything space-related. In fact, on a class field trip in which we were meant to watch and enjoy a space exploration documentary at the I-Max theater, I squeezed my eyes shut the entire time, willing myself to sleep just to avoid being consumed.       Though I am still afraid of space, I am grateful for its beauty and its imbrication with art. There's an episode of Love, Death, & Robots based off th